Kristen Stewart: Career in Pictures

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Ask any pre-teen girl and they'll tell you Kristen Stewart has it made -- she clinched the coveted role of Bella in the blockbuster "Twilight" franchise, after all. But long before she was cast in the vampire romance, Hollywood had already taken note. From her breakthrough role opposite Jodie...

Ask any pre-teen girl and they'll tell you Kristen Stewart has it made -- she clinched the coveted role of Bella in the blockbuster "Twilight" franchise, after all. But long before she was cast in the vampire romance, Hollywood had already taken note. From her breakthrough role opposite Jodie... (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Trapped! Stewart starred opposite Jodie Foster in this 2002 thriller about a mother and her 11-year-old daughter who become imprisoned in their home when intruders break in. The role won her early accolades, including this one from Rolling Stone's Peter Travers, who wrote, "Foster and Stewart...

Trapped! Stewart starred opposite Jodie Foster in this 2002 thriller about a mother and her 11-year-old daughter who become imprisoned in their home when intruders break in. The role won her early accolades, including this one from Rolling Stone's Peter Travers, who wrote, "Foster and Stewart... (Merrick Morton / Columbia Pictures)

In this kid-friendly flick, Stewart played Maddy, a girl who convinces her two best friends to break into a high-tech bank vault so she can get the money to pay for an operation her dad needs. (Fortunately, she followed this with a role in David Gordon Green's southern thriller "Undertow,"...

In this kid-friendly flick, Stewart played Maddy, a girl who convinces her two best friends to break into a high-tech bank vault so she can get the money to pay for an operation her dad needs. (Fortunately, she followed this with a role in David Gordon Green's southern thriller "Undertow,"... (Richard Foreman / Twentieth Century Fox)

Stewart, who played the cranky older sister in this family film, spent more than half the movie being cryogenically frozen. That was probably for the best. The movie only grossed $29 million.

Stewart, who played the cranky older sister in this family film, spent more than half the movie being cryogenically frozen. That was probably for the best. The movie only grossed $29 million. (Merrick Morton / Columbia Pictures)